Advanced thermoelectric design: from materials and structures to devices

XL Shi, J Zou, ZG Chen - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
The long-standing popularity of thermoelectric materials has contributed to the creation of
various thermoelectric devices and stimulated the development of strategies to improve their …

Fiber‐based thermoelectric generators: materials, device structures, fabrication, characterization, and applications

L Zhang, S Lin, T Hua, B Huang, S Liu… - Advanced energy …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Fiber‐based flexible thermoelectric energy generators are 3D deformable, lightweight, and
desirable for applications in large‐area waste heat recovery, and as energy suppliers for …

Key properties of inorganic thermoelectric materials—tables (version 1)

R Freer, D Ekren, T Ghosh, K Biswas… - Journal of Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents tables of key thermoelectric properties, which define thermoelectric
conversion efficiency, for a wide range of inorganic materials. The twelve families of …

Lithium doping to enhance thermoelectric performance of MgAgSb with weak electron–phonon coupling

Z Liu, Y Wang, J Mao, H Geng, J Shuai… - Advanced Energy …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the unfavorable band structure with twofold degeneracy at the valence band
maximum, MgAgSb is still an excellent p‐type thermoelectric material for applications near …

Efficient Mg2Si0. 3Sn0. 7 thermoelectrics demonstrated for recovering heat of about 600 K

K Cheng, Z Bu, J Tang, X Zhang, X Meng, W Li… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Mg 2 (Si, Sn) alloys with all abundant and non-toxic constituents have been proven
as a promising n-type thermoelectric material due to the large band degeneracy and strong …

Analyzing transport properties of p-type Mg 2 Si–Mg 2 Sn solid solutions: optimization of thermoelectric performance and insight into the electronic band structure

H Kamila, P Sahu, A Sankhla, M Yasseri… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
We have synthesized the complete stoichiometric range of p-Mg2Si1− xSnx, striving to
optimize the thermoelectric properties of p-type Mg2 (Si, Sn) with respect to composition …

Recent progress in magnesium-based thermoelectric materials

R Santos, SA Yamini, SX Dou - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Magnesium-based thermoelectric materials (Mg2X, X= Si, Ge, Sn) are considered one of the
most attractive groups for large-scale application, due to their materials' high availability, low …

Recent progress in p-type thermoelectric magnesium silicide based solid solutions

J de Boor, T Dasgupta, U Saparamadu, E Müller… - Materials today …, 2017 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric materials can convert waste or process heat directly into usable electrical
energy. They are therefore a fascinating opportunity to increase the energy efficiency of …

Critical analysis of single band modeling of thermoelectric materials

H Naithani, T Dasgupta - ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2019 - ACS Publications
Study of the electronic band structure of thermoelectric (TE) materials is fundamental to both
its understanding and further development. Currently theoretical models which assume a …

Microstructural effects on thermoelectric efficiency: A case study on magnesium silicide

J De Boor, T Dasgupta, H Kolb, C Compere, K Kelm… - Acta Materialia, 2014 - Elsevier
Carrier transport and conversion efficiency of thermoelectric materials is not only governed
by the intrinsic bulk material properties, but often heavily influenced by microstructural …